Mine’s supposed to arrive Monday but I’ve been listening to the cd set for a few days. Sounds good. On the one hand it’s cool to hear a show in its entirety while recognizing the parts in Baby Snakes. On the other hand hearing some of the jokes from the movie in the context of the full audio concert seem like low lights. I’m talking about the “tell me what he’s eating” routine and Roy Estrada’s Mexican Pope improv. Overall, outstanding though.

I've to confess, I was doubtful. Now I'm delighted. The Torture solos are great, Wild Love and Conehead the same. I like these very shortened versions of Bobby Brown, I have been in you & Jewish Princess. Punky's Whips is powerful in every version. Frank's stories are fun to listen to.

I've had the showz in shuffle w/ a bunch of other stuff for weeks. Yesterday, I decided to only listen to the Halloween stuff. When I d/l'd the mp3s, they all went into one folder but not in show-sequence, rather by title organized by the second set of numerals in the title. I have no idea why it organized that way, but I figgered I'd go with it. So, I listened to 6 Introductions followed by 4 Peaches, a Stink-Foot, then another Peaches, followed by 4 Tortures a Poodle Lecture, then another Torture etc... The set lists aren't exactly the same, but it has been fun to side-by-side cuts hearing differences between versions. I'm having fun noticing the changes in guitar tones, keyboard patches, versions that don't have Tommy Mars clucking like a chicken for his vocals on Peaches, braaaawk, ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba baaaaa baaaaaa...hahaha

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Don't Be Stupid Unless You Want To

I listened to 4 Wild Loves in the last couple days. With each one being about 25 min, we have about 2.5 hours of Wild Love in this set. Once I've gone through everything, I think I might go back through the WLs and block out the sections of the piece. Of course, its a vehicle for much of the band to solo, but I'm hearing similar sections across the takes, so I'm curious. Also, I gotta admit I'm getting a bit confused as to what parts are being played by Peter Wolf. The mix is great, but I'm still trying to figure out who is playing what. It'd be easier if, say, it was Peter Left / Tommy Right, but it's not. Anyway, I've never been a fan of hard-panning keyboards. If anyone can provide clues, please do.

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Don't Be Stupid Unless You Want To

I listened to 4 Wild Loves in the last couple days. With each one being about 25 min, we have about 2.5 hours of Wild Love in this set. Once I've gone through everything, I think I might go back through the WLs and block out the sections of the piece. Of course, its a vehicle for much of the band to solo, but I'm hearing similar sections across the takes, so I'm curious. Also, I gotta admit I'm getting a bit confused as to what parts are being played by Peter Wolf. The mix is great, but I'm still trying to figure out who is playing what. It'd be easier if, say, it was Peter Left / Tommy Right, but it's not. Anyway, I've never been a fan of hard-panning keyboards. If anyone can provide clues, please do.

This might help a little.

Tommy Mars: It all really depended on the instrumentation we had. I always enjoyed working with another keyboard-player. But in my heart, I always wanted the solo in 'Wild Love', that samba solo. But I was always envious of Peter (Wolf) who got that one and I would have 'Pound for a Brown'. Then it turned round on the next tour when Peter had the solo on 'Pound for a Brown' and I got the solo in 'Little House I Used to Live In'. Peter was begging Frank to have the solo in 'Pound for a Brown'. Then it would turn again when Peter wanted the rhapsodic type of solos. He would let me be by myself. I didn't get a regular solo that first part of the tour. It was only like eight bars here or a small area. I was vamping a lot at the time too. So, it all depended on the instrumentation.

I am hugely impressed with this release. It sounds live like no other Zappa record I've heard. The depth of the soundstage is huge! Even in the most dense passages I can hear the whole band. It is a killer fucking mix. Bozio is definitely emphasized, but his playing is so fucking good that it supports everyone who's playing on top of him. And the mix is so good that the keyboard support and O'Hearn and Mars are articulated centers of the tunes. Add to that this band...they are on fire (seriously, ON FIRE!) each night, all night. The Halloween 77 stick is a masterpiece--a true treasure that I am so happy to own.

I'd always enjoyed the 'Baby Snakes' offering and was delighted to have not just 'some' more of that period but ALL of the concerts at that venue. It was utterly spine tingling to hear a band deliver there utmost awesome best with each and every concert and the shows seemed to get better and better(not that the first shows were not, they just kept giving and it was simply wonderful to hear.)

Two thumbs straight up at you brother for liking the 'Wild Love' releases there. These were some of the sweetest moments of the concerts for this fan also. I'd really love it if some bands today would deliver these 25min no breaks musical delights complete with improvs etc. (I'm hoping King Crimson may still deliver such a performance.)

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